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Effects of a Culturally Adapted HIV Prevention Intervention in Haitian Youth

2009; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jana.2008.12.003

1552-6917

Robert M. Malow, Judith A. Stein, Robert C. McMahon, Jessy G. Dévieux, Rhonda Rosenberg, Michèle Jean‐Gilles,

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

This study assessed the impact of an 8-week community-based translation of Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART), an HIV intervention that has been shown to be effective in other at-risk adolescent populations.A sample of Haitian adolescents living in the Miami area was randomized to a general health education control group (N = 101) or the BART intervention (N = 145), which is based on the information-motivation-behavior (IMB) model.Improvement in various IMB components (i.e., attitudinal, knowledge, and behavioral skills variables) related to condom use was assessed 1 month after the intervention.Longitudinal structural equation models using a mixture of latent and measured multi-item variables indicated that the intervention significantly and positively impacted all IMB variables tested in the model.These BART intervention-linked changes reflected greater knowledge, greater intentions to use condoms in the future, higher safer sex self-efficacy, an improved attitude about condom use and an enhanced ability to use condoms after the 8-week intervention.